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H. RUSCHER CABINET AND CARRIER Filed Dec. 30. 1924 'INVENTOR, 7 ,lcr'ozcl JBuu-cker.

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Patented Oct. 19, 1926.

err-tree STATES HAROLD RUSCHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CABINET AND, CARRIER.

Application filed December 30,1924. Serial No. 758,911.

This invention relates to ticket cabinets and carriers used in dispensng railroad tickets and sim lar tickets and has for an objectto providea construction wherein the,

carrier may be readily applied and removed from the front of thecabinet. .iltnother obgect of the invention is to. pro;

vide a cabinet andcarrier for tickets wherein the cabinet is; prov ded;w th a: series, of

shelves co-acting with agcarrier capable of: being. applied to theshelves from the front of the cabinet.

In the accompanying drawing-e.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through acabinet withtwo. carriers arranged therein, the same showing one embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front view of; the cabinet shown in Figure lon a reduced scale, the front door being removed.

Figure 3 is aperspective View of a carrier embodying certain features ofthe inven}. tion, the same being on a reduced scale;

Figure is a sectional view through Fig ure 3, approximately on line H.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure l. on line 5-5.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a cabinetbody of any desired kind which is provided with a door 2 at the frontadapted to be opened whenever it is desired to remove any tickets fromthe cabinet. The invention is designed particularly as a cabinet forrailroad tickets of a certain variety, namely, tickets that arecomparatively long but which may be readily stacked.

In Figure 1, a series of tickets 3 are shown arranged in one of thecarriers ready to be removed whenever desired. It will be noted thatthese tickets extend for almost the full length of the carrier and arestacked llatwise from the bottom of the carrier upward. It is designedto use the cabinet and carriers for tickets of this size or ticketsslightly longer or somewhat shorter. Also, in tickets of this kind theyare of different widths and, consequently, the carriers have been soformed as to be readily adjustable whereby on any of the shelves 4 anyof the carriers may be adjusted to accommodate the particular width ofticket. The shelves 4: are arranged at an appreciable angle and aresecured to the side walls of the cabinet body 1 in any desired manner.These shelves are; also preferably of sheet metal whereby the space isreduced to a minimum and whereby the various carriers 5 may he made ofsheet metal and readily mounted in position.

7 In; Figures 3 to 5 inclusive, the carriers areshowri in detail. Fromthese figures it will be seen that. each, carrier is provided with aflat bottomniember 6, which at one end, isprov'ided with a; pressed outhook 7 an'dat' th opppsite; endwith a bent up' end structure. 8.; formedwith; a turned down seek tio'n',9 adapted to clamp. the upper endof aspring hook 10, If desired, the end 8, sec,- tion 9'.and the upper endof hook 10 may be firmly held together by suitable spot welding, as forinstance, the welded section 11. At the front end which carries the hook7, the'b'ottom- 6 isbent up at anangle for forming a front section 12,which front section is again bent for forming a card holder 13, saidcard holder having pressed out holding pins l t and a turned over edge15. The bottom 6 is divided into right and left sections by a centralflu or web 16, said tin or web being formedwith bent overends 17 and 18spot welded to the ends 8 and 12- respectively. The web 16 is alsoprovided with a bottom section 19 suitably spot welded to the bottom 6as illustrated particularly in Figure l. This provides a strong stiffconstruction though the various strips of metal are comparatively thin.

\Vhen it is desired to remove one of the carriers 5 from the positionshown in Fig- .ure 1, the carrier is pulled forwardly until hook 7 ismoved out of engagement with the shelf 4, and then swung upwardly andreleased. This will cause the hook 7 to rest on the upper part of theshelf 4 and permit the carrier to be readily forced to the rear a shortdistance until hook 10 has been released whereupon the carrier may beraised slightly and then moved out through the front opening of thecabinet, the movement being in a plane substantially parallel to shelfl. The carrier may be replaced by substantially a reverse movement,namely, the passing of hook 10 over the upper edge of the shelf 4 andpulling the carrier 5 downwardly until hook 7 is allowed to slip overthe lower edge of the shelf. The various shelves 4 extend from one sideof the cabinet 1 to the other and the carriers 5 are placed thereon atspaced intervals, which intervals llll carriers, they may be slidreadilyalong the shelf until the desired distance between the Web 16 ofthe respective carriers has been secured. From Figure 1 it will be notedthat thereis a decided inclination to the shelves 4 and, of course, tothe various carriers. This causes the tickets to move by'gravity towardthe front of the cabinet and to automatically produce a fan structureatthe front as they rest against the front wall 12. This slightprojectionof the front edge of each ticket permits the operator toreadily grasp the top ticket and re move the same at any time. It willalso be noted that the carriersare comparatively long by reason of theinclination of the shelves and, consequently, tickets of varying lengthsmay be positioned in the various carrierswithin the limits of theirlengths. It Will thus be seen that different length tickets may bestacked fiatwise and also tickets having different widths.

What I claimis:

1. A ticket cabinet and carrier, comprising a housing, a shelf arrangedin saidhousing and a carrier mounted on said shelf, said carrier beingformed with a. hook at the front end. adapted to hook over the. frontedge of said shelf, and a "resilient hook at the rear end adapted tohook over the rear edge'of said shelf, said hooks being so engaged thatthe carrier may be slid longitudinally of the shelf for adjusting theposition on the shelf and moved forwardly against the action of saidresilient hook sufficiently to release thefirst mentioned hook.

2. In a cabinet, a shelf anda carrier adapted to be removably positionedon said shelf, said carrier comprising a bottomplate formed with apressed out hook atone end, a dividing web mounted centrally on saidplate and extending at right angles thereto, said plate being bentupwardly at both ends and said Web being connected to said ends, and aresilient hook at the end opposite the first mentioned hook, saidresilient hook being connected to the rear end near the upper edgethereof whereby the resilient hook may be sprung sufficiently to allowthe other hook tobe passed over the edge of said shelf at any time. p

3. In a cabinet, a ticket carrier comprising a bottom plate. formed witha hook at one end, a dividing web mounted centrally on said plate andextending at right angles thereto, said plate extending upwardly at bothends and said web being connected to said ends, and a resilient hook atthe end opposite the first mentioned hook, said resilient hook beingconnected to the rear end near the upper edge thereof whereby theresilient book may be sprung to temporarilyvary the length of thecarrier when the carrier isbeing mounted in the cabinet.

HAROLD RUS CHER.

